Considerations of cost trade-offs in insurance solvency surveillance policy

Journal of Banking and Finance

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 835-852

  Lamm Tennant, Joan ^a   Starks, Laura ^b   Stokes, Lynne ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 0030161527     PISSN: 03784266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4266(95)00032-1     Document Type: Article

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